1 Chronicles 1:10

1 Chronicles 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Context of 1 Chronicles 1:10

8Ham’s descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 9Cush’s descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raama’s descendants were Sheba and Dedan. Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth. 11Egypt was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

1 Chronicles 1:10 word by word

וְכ֖וּשׁ יָלַ֣ד אֶת־נִמְר֑וֹד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל לִהְי֥וֹת גִּבּ֖וֹר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Cushכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
• begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• Nimrodנִמְרֹדnimrôd nimrôd · NimrodH5248
• he beganחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
• to be mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:10

• Genesis 10:8Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth.
• Micah 5:6They will rule Assyria with their swords and the country of Nimrod with drawn swords. They will rescue us from the Assyrians when they come into our land and walk within our territory.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He began to be mighty upon the earth - "He began to be bold in sin, a murderer of the innocent, and a rebel before the Lord." - T.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23The record of Noah’s descendants shows Abraham’s place in history. The ethnic background of the seventy nations gives context to Israel’s history (compare Genesis 10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-234-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 1:10

• Cush
• Genealogy
• Ham
• Nimrod

In the dictionaries

• Cush
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Nimrod
• Semites, Semitic Religion
• Sheba

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary